Not a particularly exciting episode, it had its moments of it, but overall pretty bland.
Quick glimpse of how he escaped the Sarlac pit, and how he lost his armour, but really felt like a bland first episode (maybe because he was re-introduced in the Mandalorian, and he's was actually doing something?)
Seems to be the base of what's to come.
Well that was an amazing start to this epic journey. Got that great mando feel but slightly different. same same, Different, but still same!
can't wait for chapter 2! Favreau and team, you beautiful bastards did it again!
A whole lot of nothing for about 35 minutes and then it ends. The Book of Boba Fett had a lot to prove and sadly I don't think it really managed to prove all of it here, particularly from a story perspective. There is stuff to like here - Robert Rodriguez's vision, for one, which is clearly noticeable in the very From Dusk till Dawn atmosphere, as well as continued recontextualization of the Tusken Raiders - but overall this is vapid in the ways that The Mandalorian's worst moments tended to be. However, this time it's stretched over the course of an entire episode and lacks the beating heart of Pedro Pascal and Grogu to carry it through.
I'm curious to see where they go from here because frankly I can't see a whole lot of places to go. I have zero idea what Fett's overall goal here is, and while I'm sure it will be revealed in future episodes, I can't help but think that, as a pilot, this does a piss poor job of making me wanna continue watching. I like the aesthetic, and of course Ming-Na Wen is a treasure, but this better pick up and fast.
I'm glad they went back to the salaac pit and didn't just jump into the present straight away.
Ludwig Goransson is at it again with some sick beats, not as iconic as "The Mandalorian" theme (yet?), but still unique enough to stand out in the sea of Star Wars music.
When the credits began, my parents and I started pointing out how some concept art was cooler than the final product (the shields). Some of the colour palettes and camera angles are super iconic in the concept art; it's a shame they didn't translate into the final product.
It's very satisfying when your protagonist wins the antagonists respect, demonstrating his skills and beliefs.
6/10
[7.1/10] I think “Stranger in a Strange Land” might have had more impact if we didn’t have The Mandalorian. There’s plenty of places to go with The Book of Boba Fett, new directions for the series to take apart from what’s come before. But the fact of the matter is, if we wanted to see a taciturn badass in Mandalorian armor traipsing through the desert and kicking butt, we’ve already had two seasons of it. The return of the franchise’s original T-helmeted bounty hunter feels like old hat when it offers more of the same.
That said, I like The Mandalorian, its approach, and it’s aesthetic, so I’m not really complaining. But it leaves the return and first live action starring role for one of Star Wars’ signature characters feel like just another installment in an ongoing meta series of live action shows set in this world rather than the momentous event it wants to be.
Still, there’s some worthwhile stuff here. While a little generic, Boba Fett trying to rule Jabba’s old crime empire with “respect” rather than “fear” and running afoul of other local interests is a decent premise. The dynamic between him and Fennec Shand is a good one, and the hance to get to learn a little more about the underworld of Tatooine and Mos Espa is intriguing.
Likewise, the flashbacks we get to Boba’s life after escaping from the Sarlacc pit in Return of the Jedi are a little rote, but have their moments. The choice to put him with the Tusken Raiders is interesting, because it basically guarantees a set of sequences with minimal dialogue. Episodes in this corner of the STar Wars Galaxy have focused on visual storytelling as much as on conveying plot and character through conversations, so ti leads with a strength f or writer Jon Favreau and the production team.
That said, the visuals aren't perfect. IT’s natural for a desert-set episode, but there’s a wash of undifferentiated beige to everything. The makeup and production design team does do a good job with Fett’s sun-baked skin and the various physical creatures involved. But we also get some janky-looking CGI creations in the form of the young Tusken’s guard dog massiff and a six-armed lizard beast who our hero goes toe-to-toe with in the episode’s climax. Frankly, there’s a Prequel-esque unreality to those creatures which doesn’t bode well.
Still, there’s something to be said for Boba being stripped of his armor by Jawas (linking up with the continuity of The Mandalorian) and having to hack it as a warrior and worthwhile ally amid a different culture. The story beats are a little well-worn, but there’s something there.
That’s how I feel about this episode as a whole. None of it’s bad, it’s just a little played out. Boba Fett was always more of a cool costume than a character. The Prequels deepened a little with an ironically generic “You killed my father!” backstory, and he got a little more color in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, but he’s mostly a blank slate. The Book of Boba Fett has the tall task of taking an iconic character and filling in the details in a way to make us care about him beyond that “cool action figure” status.
The show’s opening salvo is a little duller, a little less engaging than you might hope for from the team that brought us The Mandalorian. I’d rather see Star Wars Television branch out more, give us more diverse setups and settings than something that scans as more of the same. But Favreau and company have gotten good at delivering this particular brand of sand-worn action and quasi-silent film approach, so the same is solid, even if it’s not great.
Really poor. Awful acting at times, really slow choreography, far fetched story and really awful episode.
In the next episode, Boba -- who apparently hasn't missed a single meal since escaping the pit -- will rescue a litter of kittens and protect a convent from some evildoers.
After the episode ended all I felt is….do we really need this.
Release the Kraken! That was an awful start to this series.
I realize this is only the first episode, but so far this has little in common with the fun I had watching The Mandalorian. This was nothing special at all, had no intrigue, no nothing. We'll see where this goes but at this very moment, I'd rather have more Mando.
Nothingness itself. Also, good Lord, Robert Rodriguez is such a terrible director. No gravitas, just pure quick cut and lazy stage. Occasionally there will be a wide shot, but there’s so little grace here in regard to this naturalistic landscape in contrast to the more exotic place of this galaxy and so little difference in the way it approaches them that there’s little to no rhythm.
Frankly thirty five minutes of my life I’ll never get back! Nothing happened!
This is so bad, like embarrassing bad. Kept rolling my eyes at it. Lucasfilm raped by Disney
I'm going to give it a chance, just hope Ming Wen doesn't replay her Heartless, Stoneface never show any emotions character of May that she played in Agents of Shield.
no script or interesting characters. this episode was eventless beside the bad costumes it look instagram cosplays
The most exciting part of the episode was seeing Matt Berry’s name in the closing credits and realizing that he had a cameo.
To be honest for a first episode I don't know how I feel about this
the episode felt like a filler, nothing made sense and I was confused the whole time
I enjoyed it ofc because I love Boba Fett but the episode overall was underwhelming to say the least
A spectacular start! The beginning of the episode begins in flashback and depicts how he escaped the Sarlacc pit, and throughout the episode it shows how he survived afterwards. It also shows that, unlike Jabba, he wants to rule with respect and not fear.
After all the hipe, and I still remember watching the first Star Wars movie back in 1977, this is as boring as bat sh.t! Talk about clinging to the coat tails of a great original movie.
And I must say that the main actor has been in some amazing movies and will regret the day he thought that it would be a great idea to be in this rubbish :pray:
Fair with good moments but to be honest all in all a bit of a let down and if it weren't for Boba Fett no one would care and just dump it. Since it's his book... we will want to "read" more. More substance, more things that chime well with the nostalgia within our inner child, then again that's the thing... some things are better left in the past and remembered fondly than being wrecked by whatever it is you will see of this book that will not live up to your expectations, whatever they do...
This is what I call the Sergio Leone approach to Star Wars. Taking its time to flesh out the character, and giving us the answer to many questions we never knew we had. Excellent episode.
Looks good so far.
It seems to follow the Mandalorian pace (veeeerrrrrryyyyyy sssslllloooooooooooowwwwwww), so I will hold off on an actual judgement for the show.
I love Ming-Na Wen though, she was great in Marvels Agents of SHIELD and she seems to bring her kick-ass calm to bring here as well.
Its good that both main characters wear helmets, so they can basically put everyone with aprox. the same figure into the armor for stunts without it being too obvious (Temuera is 61, Ming-Na while not looking like it is 58 - I know how some activities are starting to strain me at 36, so I can only imagine what it will be like in 20 years...)
Not really convinced by the first episode.
It would be nice if people kind of like, waited, for more than 1 episode to come out before denouncing something that the majority of Star Wars and casual fans love. There were huge revelations in the first episode and Robert Rodriguez is a master filmmaker. Jennifer Beals character is super intriguing and we HAD to establish how Boba survived out of the gate and they did. Trust in the process. Solid first episode for a legend of Boba’s stature.
They missed a great opportunity to show when Fett takes over Jabba's palace. It would have been an exciting moment.
i will just say one-word NOICE !!
Kind of a slow start so far but it is only the first episode. I'm sure it will get better as it goes on. Really interested to see where they go with this.
Good. They kept the almost Leone-ish space cowboy feel and the almost Morricone-ish western score (that's what I liked most about the Mandalorian). Plus, they added some parcours actions and ninjas. That's a promising mix.
Wow! Amazing premiere episode! I already love the chemistry between Boba and Fennec. Also great set pieces and it was so cool to see how Boba saved himself from the Sarlacc.
This show and its characters basically have limitless potential in storytelling.
Overall a good start to the series. It was nice to see how Boba escaped the Sarlacc Pit and how he lost his armour to the Jawas. I do think something this episode in particular struggled with was pacing.
The flashbacks were insightful, but also felt very slow at times with very little dialog obviously because he was dealing with Tusken Raiders. It kind of felt weird going from a bunch of flashbacks at the beginning to the present and then back to another flashback.
It would make more sense to show flashbacks at the beginning and then focus on the present for the rest of the episode imo.
So in conclusion, a solid start but it didn't amaze me.
Another very good start to the excellent Star Wars Disney+ legacy. A lot of room for growth here and I think with Episode 1 out of the way, the series will continue to improve. Some of Rodriguez' direction didn't work for me, especially during a key fight scene in Tatooine, and he wasn't as impressive as his Mandalorian episode - but a lot of potential here.
The comment reviews here are ridiculous. OFC it's its own frickin thing. OFC it's different. This is NOT The Mandalorian, or the original Star Wars movies, or the new Star Wars movies, or whatever else y'all wanna complain about how it's different from this or that.
The show is different; in fact, very different from many shows you see elsewhere. The format is different, the flashback/dreams give it a whole different vibe, and the turn it takes going through Boba Fett's experiences after we thought we "lost him" to the pit in the original movies is totally awesome. Do NOT expect it to be anything like any of the movies you've watched or any other shows - this is it's OWN thing, just placed in the world of Star Wars with some of the same characters and some new ones.
Life is like a tree, with many branches, each taking their own path. That's what you should keep in mind when watching this show.
What I feel is usual: it's just too hard for me to accept any new SW product without feeling critical. I'm not doing it on purpose, I'm just an ex fanboy who can't take things easier. This new show has a lot of reasons for me to attack it, but I'll try to stay positive: first of all, the idea makes no sense to me. Why would Boba Fett, who not only hated working for Jabba, but was also half-devoured by its megafauna, decide to STAY on Tatooine (sick of this planet, seriously)? What ties him to it? Absolutely nothing. Psychologically, it makes little sense. Even more: he must hate sand planets more than Anakin by this point. The only reason I can think of is his growing inability to put on a fight: he's old and he's been almost Vaderized. It's not nice seeing Boba past his prime, but I guess him changing jobs makes sense in that regard. But still, why Tatooine? Haven't we been told enough about how backwater it is? There's NOTHING there. Jabba was a part of the Galaxy-wide Hutt criminal syndicate AFAIK. Fett is nobody in that regard: he doesn't seem to have any connection to the any of the criminal bigwigs. The Bounty Hunter Wars I: The Mandalorian Armor tells a much more logical story, I feel -- and much more epic in scope, too. But it's too early to judge for now, I need to see more. Other thoughts: Fennec Shand is cool. Tatooine looks hella good in Dolby Vision. Elements from the prequels are a big yes from me. Boston Robotics robots are a NO from me. Temuera Morrison has so much presence it's insane. The level of writing is not very high, and the silent moment in the first 10 or so minutes was the highlight of the episode. And the last thing... once again I am left underwhelmed by the design of the creatures and aliens. The... Tatooine sand ape (??? amazing name there guys) looks like the guy from Mortal Kombat, not like something out of Star Wars. This is subjective, of course, but I just didn't like the way it looked. I liked the music though, it's been excellent.
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I quite enjoyed episode 1 of the new The Book of Boba Fett. It probably didn't really need to take so much time in the back story and the historical to get us up to speed. It may have been better to flash back over a couple episodes instead.
But it was ohh soo good to see Star Wars watchable again.
There was some moments that I could've done without. one example would be the musicians playing just a different rendition of the same song they played in the original...wth?
The SFX were good, and I liked the atmosphere, to definitely cut from the same cloth as Star Wars actual and not the crap we've had to deal with over the last several years.
I cannot wait for episode 2!
Not bad, really. Looks new
It’s a start, love the simplicity of the spaghetti western.
Interesting to see that Boba Fett's flashbacks take place in the Matrix. Can't wait to see what implications this has for Matrix 5!
Serious "Mando" vibes which is great.
Very good premiere. I really like that the episode doesn't use much dialogue. And we're finally getting answers how Boba survived. But I'am also eager to see where his present leads.
Why make a - for some reason - beloved villain who was basically just a snotty dick in the clone wars suddenly a good guy? They could at least easily have gone with a personality like the Punisher or something.
Somehow most of the episode was not even on a good level. The acting and voice acting was really stiff at many points, the rotoscoping in front of the sky had an extremely noticeable feather, that monster had a Star Trek TOS feeling about it, the music was completely forgettable, the action/fights were bland and the teased story elements pretty boring.
Really the only great thing was Mos Espa. I wish they had had the technology to give that sense of scale in the movies.
The actor from the 1992 NZ Maori hit "Once were Warriors", who played a wife beating rage-a-holic now approaching his 80s, plays the role of a bounty hunter in his late 20's. Okie Dokie. Out of 8 Billion people on Earth that was the directors choice. Fine, I'll suspend by disbelief. At least, he's ethnic and not Johnny Chad Brad, right? Next -- it picks up where the famous Empire scene with him dying in the sandpit left off. Good idea. That's one way of rebooting a tertiary character that people care about because of one scene from a movie in 1982. Easy peezy Disney! Then it spirals into some BULLLLLLSH:T !
I watched the whole episode half awake since its almost entirely CGI of an 80 year old fighting dragons. That in itself makes it half interesting. 3 bags of popcorn.
Oh man, the Tasks are really amongst the worst / most despicable creatures in the Star Wars universe. You really do not want to cross their paths unless you can kill them without much trouble. Tatooine isn't really a nice place in general. At least not a forgiving/relaxing one...
The world building seems pretty nice so far.
Overall I'm not yet sure about this though. It could be nice but it needs to build more traction.
The episode was set on two timelines, the present day just after Boba and Fennec took over Jabba's empire (I guess) and they try to establish the rule in the city, and in flashbacks, which show how Boba had some terrible adventures. It concentrates mainly on the flashbacks, though, which come back as nightmares to Boba. The present-day story line is not very interesting yet, the funny scene is with the courtier-like emissary of the mayor, who apparently does not want to pay them tribute, and uses a bit archaic language to express it, which creates a funny contrast with the entire situation. Later on, Boba and Fennec visit a sort of brothel (or could it be in a children's show?) and when they leave, they are attacked by strange guys using magic shields who are described in closed captions as assassins, but on whose orders they work since Jabba has been killed by Boba and Fennec? I guess this is what we are going to learn in the show. The characters are in dire straits fighting against these guys but they are saved by the orc-like creatures whom Boba decided to spare and who now work as their bodyguards. At the end of this sequence, it is implied that Fennec caught one of the assassins for interogation. However, during the fight Boba loses his Mandalorian helmet and it is not shown whether it is retrieved, so he probably lost it.
The flashbacks show some very unpleasant adventures of Boba, first he gets eaten by some monster and manages to escape, but he is so exhausted, the Jawas steal the entire armour from him and next thing that happens, he is taken prisoner by the Tuskens. From the other scenes set in present time as well from "The Mandalorian" we know that Boba survived, but the Tuskens treat him pretty bad, as he is constantly tied up and beaten. Things end sort of happily when he kills a monster during an expedition to find water. I am not sure why he returns to the Tusken village having killed the monster instead of trying to escape as he may be tied up again, he doesn't speak their language so you can never be sure with those Tuskens what they are going to do.
On the whole, the episode was OK, some visuals were great but the story was not so engrossing as that of the Mandalorian. However, Boba's theme is really great, I did not like it very much before, but when I listened to it in the show, it really grew on me. On a side note, the Tuskan dogs look more like dragons or lizards rather than hounds.
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"Spectacular" "Amazing" Really? It was alright. It felt like a webisode (remember those?) than a pilot.
I don't like that they are turning a mercenary villain into a good guy just to make the series more digestible.
I also don't see it as a positive when a series is like another series. Take Better Call Saul, for example. It's very much its own thing.